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- DictionaryOld man/ˈōl(d) ˈman/
noun
- 1. an elderly male person.
- 2. another term for southernwood
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OLD MAN definition: 1. someone's father or someone's husband: 2. someone's father or someone's husband: . Learn more.
1. informal. a. : husband. "You see the back of that house with the broken porch rail. Mrs. Danaker lives there. She takes in washin'. Her old man was killed on the railroad." Jack London. b. : father. When he had everybody around him, all of us, all the kids, my old man was in heaven. Philip Roth. c. : boyfriend.
Check pronunciation: old man. Definition of old man noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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old man (countable and uncountable, plural old men) 1. (literally) An elderly man. 1.1. Synonyms: codger; see also Thesaurus:old man 1.2. Antonym: old lady 2. (colloquial) One's father. 2.1. Synonyms: dad, pa; see also Thesaurus:father 2.2. Antonym: old lady 2.3. He smacked me around some. Didn't everybody's old man? 2.1. 1988, Tracy Chapman (lyric...
1. a father, usually one's own. His old man's letting him have the car for the prom. 2. a husband. The office is giving my old man a retirement party. 3. a boyfriend or male lover, esp. a male lover with whom one cohabits. 4. (sometimes caps)
old man. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English ˌold ˈman noun [ countable] 1 old-fashioned informal someone’s husband, father, or boyfriend I heard her old man beats her. 2 British English old-fashioned used when speaking to a male friend Could I have a word with you, old man?
Definitions of old man. noun. a man who is very old. synonyms: Methuselah, graybeard, greybeard. see more. noun. a familiar term of address for a man. synonyms: old boy. see more. noun. an informal term for your father. see more. noun. aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe.
